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It’s ! A freshwater estuary is a partially enclosed body of water where a freshwater source mixes into a larger freshwater body, like water flowing into the shallow southern basin of Green Bay! Watch now:
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, here's last week's Wetland Coffee Break with Emily Tyner and Search for Green Bay NERR. Learn about the benefits and the process of designating the Bay of Green Bay as a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR).
What a great opportunity to bring attention to our water resources here in Northeast Wisconsin! Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin Search for Green Bay NERR UW-Green Bay NOAA Digital Coast Brown County Government City of Green Bay Government Village of Ashwaubenon Village of Allouez
Green Bay has the largest freshwater estuary in the world & we have a great responsibility to protect it. Learn about the NERR Designation! Search for Green Bay NERR UW-Green Bay Brown County Government City of Green Bay Government Village of Ashwaubenon Village of Allouez
UW-Green Bay and area partners are leading the charge to establish a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) for the Green Bay watershed—home to the largest freshwater estuary in the world. The NERR system is a national network of 29 sites across the coastal U.S., designed to practice and promote stewardship of coasts and estuaries. Established through the Coastal Zone Management Act, the reserves represent a partnership program between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA provides funding and national guidance, and each site is managed on a daily basis by a lead state agency or university with input from local partners.
The regional NERR designation would promote a coordinating force to manage, restore and protect the Green Bay ecosystem, with a programmatic focus on four sectors—research, education, stewardship, and training.
The next steps will be to review relevant geography being considered for a site, draft criteria to be used in the site selection process, and identify 3-5 optimal candidate locations for the Green Bay NERR.
Follow along in the process: Search for Green Bay NERR
Learn more and watch the kick-off event:
https://www.uwgb.edu/national-estuarine-research-reserves/
A great run down on the University-led efforts for designation of Search for Green Bay NERR (National Estuarine Research Reserve in the bay of Green Bay), which happens to be the world's largest freshwater estuary...
Great community effort to elevate and celebrate our most valuable resource, water Search for Green Bay NERR UW-Green Bay UW-Green Bay College of Science, Engineering, and Technology
The World’s Largest Freshwater Estuary is right here in Green Bay and many partnerships work to protect it Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin Search for Green Bay NERR UW-Green Bay WBAY TV-2 NOAA Digital Coast Senator Tammy Baldwin Rep. Mike Gallagher
